Saturday, 27 August 2011

W05 Tutorial

Tutorial Discussion Summary


Food Shortage

  • Climate Change
  • Regulatory Crackdown
  • Natural Disasters
  • Export Restrictions
  • Waste
  • Collapsing Economy
  • Growing Population
  • Soil Pollution
  • Food Shortage
How can we solve food shortage?
Provide Food
-Afforadability
-Adaptation, Farming, New Technology.
-Better use of Rainfall, Sunlight
-Adapt to climate change
-Prevent climate change

What infrastructure could it be?
  • Intercontinental train network?
  • Floating Farm?
  • Flying solar farm?
  • Underground City?
-By 2050, food demand will rise by 70%
 World food production capacity is decreasing
- Rising Prices
- Riots
- South Africa, Indea, SE Asia will be vulnerable
- Balance in SUpply and Demand


__________________________________________


Interesting Article from the Herald Sun


"Changes in agriculture wrought by swings in rain and temperature then forge across-the-board deficits in wheat, rice and maize, meaning there will not be enough to feed all those extra mouths.
The result will be more prevalent hunger -- one in five people going hungry, up from the current rate of one in seven -- and food price spikes of up to 20 per cent, according to the study.
"At least every other newborn in Africa; one in every four newborns in Asia; and one in every seven newborns in Latin America and the Caribbean would be sentenced to undernourishment and malnutrition,'' it said."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/world-food-shortage-in-10-years/story-e6frf7lf-1225991126558

No comments:

Post a Comment